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Lepore v. United States
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Date Filed: April 12, 2021 Background: In December 2018, Jill Lepore,…Categorized in Court access -
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press asks court to authorize release of grand jury materials included in Mueller report
Update: On Aug. 6, the Reporters Committee filed a motion to consolidate its case seeking the public release of grand jury material…Categorized in Announcements -
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Reporters Committee and historians win bid to unseal grand jury transcripts from historic 1942 leak investigation of The Chicago Tribune
Transcripts of witness testimony from a historic 1942 grand jury investigation of the Chicago Tribune are now public, following a…Categorized in Court access -
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Legal fight for Eric Garner grand jury records continues as appellate court denies disclosure
Grand jury records in the Eric Garner case should remain sealed, a New York appellate court ruled on Wednesday.Categorized in Court access -
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Judge rules for unsealing 1942 grand jury testimony after Reporters Committee, historians bid for openness
Grand jury testimony from a 1942 Espionage Act investigation of the Chicago Tribune will be unsealed after a judge in…Categorized in Court access -
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Eric Garner grand jury case
The Reporters Committee and 28 other media organizations filed an amicus brief in support of an appeal of the denial…Categorized in Court access -
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Grand jury secrecy comes at a cost
Two new lawsuits are challenging the continued secrecy of the grand jury investigations related to the deaths of Michael Brown…Categorized in Court access -
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Federal court declines to unseal records on investigation into Wisconsin Republican campaign finances
A district court in Wisconsin denied a motion to unseal documents last week in a lawsuit attempting to end an…Categorized in Court access -
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Illinois judge orders Patch reporter to hand over documents identifying source in murder trial
An Illinois judge denied a Patch reporter protection under the state shield law and ordered him to reveal his confidential…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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D.C. appeals court issues redacted opinion in sealed corruption case
A federal appeals court unsealed a redacted version of an opinion Thursday in a high-profile but secretive Washington, D.C. corruption…Categorized in Court access